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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24

They were doing little love-
making between acts. just as the
curtain went up he called her his
angel. 'Say." SAID man in the next
seat back. ''couldn't you get your
angel to wear her wings somewhere
besides on her hatp'- Chicago News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24
A Sensible GIFT.

CRY OF MEXICO, Dec. l5.-The United
States Fish Commission Car No. 2 has az.
rived here bringing 5000 carp and goldfish
as gift to the Mexican Government.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24
The Blair BIll Stands Good.

WARRINGTON, Dec. 16.-The Senate Com
mittee on Education held meeting TO.
day and unanimously ordered favorable
report on the Blair educational bill. 1t
will be reported Us 1t passed the Senate in
the last Congress.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24

Western Citizen Ito gas company
NfficiaD--" How is 1t that the street
gas was all turned of last night at
midnight" Official - " Because It
was bright moonlight. You don't
suppose we can afford to furnish you
with gas-light and moonlight at the
same time, do yons" w. c." No.
but why not turn oil the naoonlightp"
--1Yl-RIs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24
QuIoksIIysr DIseevsrY.

sr' Louis, Doc, l8.-Advices from Presns
ALBANIA, in the southern part OF Tamauli-
pas, state that extensive deposits OF gold
and cinnabar, or MISUNDERSTANDING ore,
have been discovered near there.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24
An Attorney Goa, 10 tho Pan.

TFFIN, O., Dec. H-John b. Schwartz,
an attorney, has been sentenced to onS
year In the penitsntiary for swindling Q
farmer on the harrow racket
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24
Hanged ior Killing John Smith.

BAKERspIgLp, Call, Dec. 16.-Thurston
Lee was hanged here to-day for the muv-
der Of John Smith in March, 1SS8
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24

--"Your bill has been running
long time" insinustingly remarked
the butcher to 6lopay the other morn
ing. That's bad" replied Hlopsy,
sympathetically. why don't you let
Ik WAlklN - lTiasAiAaleN 0kA'
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24
Harper pons His Suit.

COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 4,-E l.. Harper has
donned the prison uniform, and has been
assigned to duty in the office Of the secre-
tary of the board Of managers of the peni-
tentjary
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24
Parcel Posi- Arranoemenis. A

OTTAWA, ONT, Dec. H.-Hon. A. W. Nc
Clellan, Postmaster General. has gone to
Washington to arrange for the establish
ment of parcel post system between the
two countries.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24
Diphihsria EpIdamIc.

CArLIS, Ill, Dec. H.-Diphtheria is now
raging in this county. Over one hundred
deaths from this desease were reported
last week.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24
A BOILER EXPLODES.
Five Persons Known to Have Been
Killed and Others Missing.

Little Girl Crushed to Death by Flying
Beam Houses Destroyed by Pieces Of
Iron.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-24


double capacity Of pincushion and
jewcl-casc. 1t costs from $l2 to. $75.
All combs, brushes, and hand-mirrors
are set in silver now. All one's mani
cure sets and cologne bottles and toilet
makoups and mysteries Of all tlescrip-
ton go in silver cases.
American gentlemen are making a
specially Of importing English birds
for sporting purposes. During the past
three years one firm alone has imported
5000 English pheasants. 1000 part
ridges, l50 roe-deer, 1000 English
harcs. 1000 English rabbits. and SO
wild boars, besides a number OF red
decr, fallow-decr and several hundred
pheasant eggs. These were ali for
stocking purposes, the most Of them
going to Mr.. Pierre Lorillard for his
farm ut Jobstown, N, j., and Tuxedo
Park. Mr.. Rutherford Stuyvesant is
another large game preserycr. His
park il four miles In length. ~
| An appearance as Of being hol-
lowed out has been remarked in the
surface OF tho hard. green sandstone
rocks, near Lima Peru. and was
aseribed by Sir Charles Lyell to the re-
suit Of water action on ancient and
subsequently elevated sea beaches.
MI. Nation, Of Lima however,. who has
been observing the rocks for twenty
five years, Is satisfied that the hollows
arc increasing In size and in number.
He believes that they are tho work OF y
cryptogamlc plant. liclfsn, which Is
in active vegetation during tho foggy
season, tho swelling Of whose cclls
.auscs scaling Of the rodk.
, 1887-07-07

The most vigorous constitution, and the
strongest physique, are not proof against
a disease, the germs of which impregnate
the air we breath and the water we drink.
The true preparative, the surest defense,
is to fortify the system with a medicine
which possesses specific virtues as a safe
guard and remedy. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is precisely this article-proved by
conclusive tests to be so. Not only on
this continent, wherever miasma gives
birth to the malarial infection, but in the
tropics, where fever and ague assumes its
most malignant types, this incompatible,
popular and deserving medicine has, for
over a third of a century shown its eff
cacy. Chills and fever, dumb ague, bilious
remittent alike yield to its influence and
are prevented by it. The word fall has
no place in the lexicon of possibilities
when this peerless article is used. 1t tones
the stomach, arouses the liver when slug.
gish, and promotes healthful activity OF
the kidneys and bladder.
, 1887-07-07
PRACTICE OF PUBLIC BATHING.

When 1t Came to an End Private Bath
ing Became Rare.
In the change of the worlds habits in
cidental to the change of religion, and
especially with the deserved condemns
ton of the Roman public baths by the
Christian church, the practice Of public
bathing came to an end, and that of pri-
vate bathing, %unhappily, became only too
rare. The usages of the generations pre-
ceding the present century, in the matter
of cleanliness of personal habits, are al
most incredible to us. A book recently
published, of which Mr.. Alfred Franklin
is the author, contains some facts re-
garding the domestic life and social
usages of the period from the Twelfth
to the Eighteenth century, which are in
n sense instructive, since they show to
what a condition even elegant society"
may descend when the watchful care for
personal cleanliness is once abandoned.
The ladies of the Seventeenth century
very seldom washed their faces. They
sometimes dipped a cloth in spirits and
passed it over their faces, and their toilet
code and directions, still extant, prove
that they avoided water for the face be-
cause they believed it was destructive to
the complexion. AS for any other sort
of baths, no reference is found to them
in these toilet directions, probably for the
very good reason that none were ever
taken. That the same ladies seldom
washed even their hands seems to be es-
tablished also. In an old romance a
princess says to a young lord of the court:
''You see, sir, that my hands are whittier
than yours, although it is four days since
l washed them" This seems to have
, 1887-07-07

MI. Baird showed me a Japanese crys-
tai ball 2 IA inches in diameter and val
ued at $32. There is a standing offer by
a London house of 4 200 for u perfect
crystal ball 8 inches in diameter. The
one l examined was absolutely perfect
and could not have been more transpar-
ent. 1t was surprisingly cold to the
touch, and unlike a glass ball in that re-
spect. While l held it in one hand 1 touched
the plate glass in the show case with the
other and the difference in the tempera-
ture was very perceptible. In a small
velvet case were glass samples of the va
rious styles in which diamonds are cut.
They are known Is the rose cut, the star
cut, spread cut, step cut, dome cut, bevel
edge, eight facets, sixteen facets, twenty
four facets and thirty-two facets-the
latter being the latest.-''Ohserver'' in
Philadelphia Call.
, 1887-07-07
To Insure Our Lives.

Everything should be done to prevent
n repetition of the past. Theatres should
be carefully inspected and whatever de-
fects are discovered should be remedied.
The proper city authorities should make
at stated intervals a rigid examination in
order to assure the public that it has
nothing to fear. That is the point on
which we have the right to insist. If
there is danger anywhere the people have
a right to know it. That is the shortest
and surest way to get rid of it. And if
there is no danger the examination should
still be made in order that the fears of
the people may be set at rest. One thing
is certain-all places where the people
are wont to assemble in large numbers
should be safe. This is a consummation
devoutly to be wished, and a consumma-
ton which should be attained at the
earliest possible moment. -New York
Herald.
, 1887-07-07

CRIMINALS looking for an earthly para
disc are now given the choice of two terri
tories, Idaho or Arizona. Strange as it
may appear, criminal laws do not at pres
ent exist in either territory. At its last
session the Idaho legislature adopted a
new code. The government gave the con
tract for printing the same to an Omaha
firm. The period for the new code to 90
into effect has long since passed, but the
laws have not yet been printed. AS a
result arrests for territorial offenses are
invariably followed by the prisoners being
set at liberty by the courts. An almost
precisely similar state of affairs exists in
Arizona. There is great joy among the
criminal classes, but the decent people are
becoming exceedingly worried.
, 1887-07-07

EVERYONE interested in the patent list
notices that the West is rapidly develop
ing an inventive genius, says the Indian
apolis Journal. A few years age it was Il
rare occurrence to find the record of a
patent issued to a resident of one of the
Western states for any invention not con-
nected with agriculture. Lately, how
ever, the spirit of improvement seems to
have taken a deep hold OF the Western
people, and among them are many of the
most ingenious devisers in the country.
New England still retains the lead in the
matter of complicated mechanical devices,
but the West is gaining rapidly, and, es-
pecially in electrical machinery, is fast
crowding to the front.
, 1887-07-07

Statistics of the horses of the French
cavalry show a loss by death of nearly
5000 horses a year, entailing an annual
money loss of 81, 900, 900. One cause,
and one quite unexpected until lately, Of
the ill health of the army horses has been
discovered, and has been treated of in q
the French army.
he says that the horses generally
showed an aversion to their stables, and
n marked unwillingneSs to enter them,
even when they had been wearied by
work or drill. What could have caused
the horses to nave such a revulsion for
their stables?
The cause was found at last, Col. Hen
nebert says, in the fact that the stalls,
which are made to slant backward, give
pain and distress, and often, as a conse
quence, disease to the horses. Often this
incline backward is made quite sharp.
Now, n position upon an inclined plane
keeps certain muscles of the horses back
and legs drawn constantly.
The animal endeavors to find a level
place to stand upon to relieve this strain,
and goes back as far as he can. This
habit the hostler regards as a ''vice, and
often strikes the horse to cure him of it.
Ropes and chains are stretched across the
back of the stall to keep the animal from
backing out, and he is left there to an
ever increasing misery.
In England experiments have been
made which prove that the horse is bet
ter able to bear fatigue if he is kept in a
stall with n perfectly level floor, and
slODinp stalls are going ont of use.-
Youths Companion.
, 1887-07-07
Hon. A. @. Thurman's Father.

An early friend Of the Hon. Allen G..
Thurman recalls that the Ohio states
mans father, Pleasant Thurman, was a
carpenter of shiftless habits, but of a re-
GGious urn of mind. Now and her he
preached, and in old fashioned Methodist
''revivals" he was n great shouter. Allen
was q slender, tow headed boy, pale and
delicate n quiet in habits. He was not
noted for brilliancy, but was careful and
industrious. Before he was admitted to
the bar he was n saddler, and while work
ing at that trade he met a Miss Macarthur,
daughter of a man of wealth and social
rank. He asked the privilege Of escorting
her home from the gathering where they
first met, but she rather haughtily refused
him, not wishing to associate with "a
mere mechanic But she afterward
changed her mind and became Mrs. Thur
man.-New York Tribune.
, 1887-07-07

JOE MULHATToN, who is more or less
known to fame as one of the great liars of
the country, is now living in Louisville,
Ky. He never smokes nor drinks and is
extremely generous with his money. He
is a successful drummer. He will work a
month on some startling yarn not half a
column in length, and his stories have
always had wide circulation in the news
papers. 1t takes considerable genius to
be an artistic liar, and Mulhatton has
brought his talents to a high state of per-
lection. In business and ocialintercourse
his word is as good as his bond, but his
bond is not always quoted at par.
, 1887-07-07
LOVE AT HIGH TIDE.

Thou, thou hast been my blood, my breath, my
being;
The pearl to plunge for In the sea Of lifei
The sight to strain for, past the bounds OF seeingi
The victory TO win through longest strife.
Ny queenl my crowned mistressl my sphered
bridel
Take this for truth, that what 1 say beside
Ofgbold ~love-grown full orbed at the sight or
thee
May be- forgiven with a quick remission.
For, thou divine fulhllment of all hopei
Thou all undreamed completion Of the visioni
/ gaze upon thy beauty, and my fear
Passes as clouds do when the moon shines clear,
Edwin Arnold.
, 1887-07-07

AN Associated Press telegram received
last evening makes this announcement
The pope has decided to unite the do
cese Of Lincoln and Cheyenne with that
of Omaha.
There seems to be a mistake some
where. The Catholic diocese of Omaha
already includes the whole of Nebraska
and Wyoming. The diocese was consid-
cred too large and there has lately been a
movement on foot to make Lincoln and
Cheyenne see cities. 1t is probable that
the effort has been successful so far as
Lincoln is concerned and Wyoming may
now be included in the new diocese.
, 1887-07-07

AFTER the middle of this month the
commissioners Of Carbon county will re-
fuse to pay bounties on gopher and prairie
dog scalps. This Insufferable nuisance
has already cost Laramie county over
81, 1000, and a similar order made by our
own commissioners would not arouse
bowling Indignation among the people.
, 1887-07-07

A NEW ruling by Land Commissioner
Sparks, which is published elsewhere in
this issue, will prove of great interest to
many people in Wyoming. The commits
sioner decides that when an entryman is
forced for climatic reasons to temporarily
leave his claim his right, when he at
tempts to prove up, will not be affected,
provided he otherwise complies with the
law regarding the term OF residence.
, 1887-07-07
Split Dollars in Tonquin.

The Courier d'Haiphong says that a
large number of the dollars issued by the
bank of Indo, China, date 1886, now in
circulation in Tonquin, have been split
open by some ingenious coiner, and a
base composition substituted for the sill
yer extracted.-Chicago News.
, 1887-07-07

1t has been determined by recent OBJ
servations that the average yearly recess
sion of the whole contour of the
Horseshoe fall since 1919 has been "a
feet, but at the acute angles, where
the bulk of the water passes, the
recession since 1912 has been 300 feet, or
Z feet per year, the rate increasing in re-
cent years.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
, 1887-07-07

The eucalyptus tree abounds in South
ern California, and there are great num-
bers in the vicinity of Santa Barbara. Its
leaves are very peculiar, and ready to
burn as soon as they fall. For this rea-
son they are gathered and used for kin
dling.-Chicago Times.
, 1887-07-07
JNO. r. CARROLL, Edit

IT Is a fact not generally known that
legal publication of foreclosures of mort
cages can only be made in weekly news
papers. Their publication in daily papers,
as has lately been done in this city, does
not comply with the law.
, 1887-07-07

The communistic colony at Port An
geles, on Puget sound, now numbers $50
persons. They own 1000 acres of land,
and expect to build and operate n saw
mill soon. Unlike other successful colo
MES, they profess no religious basis, and
cast aside creed.-Chicago Times.
, 1887-07-07

Distres IS after eating, heartburn, sick
headache, and Indigestion are cured by
Hoods sarsaparilla. 1t also creates a
good appetite.
, 1887-07-07

Mr.. Foraker is called Littlebreeches sim
ply because his breeches are little, and
that they are little because he carries his
shirt outside and his brains inside of them.
, 1887-07-07

Seersucker coats and vests at $3.50.
Usually sold for $500.
A. PoLAcK, The Clothier.
, 1887-07-07
PITH IN


Cyrus Fields Discovery.
lst Louis Republican,
Mr.. Cyrus Field is discovering how
sharper than a s%erpent's tooth it is to be
the under dog in a thankless syndicate.
h Same In Principle.
fort Worth Gazette
The Cincinnati bank robbers wear bet
ter clothes and pray louder than the Texas
train robbers, but their principles are the
same.
Abusive Use of Water.
New York World
Even the most extreme Prohibitionist
must acknowledge that there is too much
water in milk and railroad stocks at pres
n Water, like liquor, can be abused.
They Vouch for Each other.
lChicago Herald
Russell Sage's observation that Jay
Gould is a noble hearted man." who is
u~njustly reviled and abused, will strike
Gould as a very reasonable estimate. Sage
himself is vouched for by Cyrus w. Field.
A Kentucky Estimate of Foraker.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
There are a great many ordinary every.
day people, with no pretensions to scien
tiic knowledge, who firmly believe tina
, 1887-07-07

Neuralgia in any form cured by st,
Jacobs oil; eXcruciating pains subdued.
, 1887-07-07
BLACK HILLS STAGE
N EXPRESS COMPANY

Coaches leave Chugwater daily (excepi
Sundays on arrival of the G. Il N.
train, touching Fort Laramie, Rawhide
Buttes and Lusk, and connect with the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad at Lusk
and for Sundance, Buffalo, Fort Fetter.
man, Fort Mckinney, Douglas, (Wyo.),
Fort Robinson and Chadron in Nebraska,
and Rapid City, Spearish and Deadwood,
Oak.
The cheapest and shortest route by
tw~enty-four hours.
The u. s. mail carried. We have first
class eating stations, and our division
agents take all pains to secure the com-
fort OF passengers.
, 1887-07-07

SoNNes : sh.s. are Of t' stsasl ss'y nias
Windy Collie, Teething Pains, or
Stomach Disorders, can DO relieved
at once by using Acker's Baby Soother.
IL contains no Opium or Morphine,
hence is safe. Price 20 cents. Sold by
DR.. w. N. Hunt
, 1887-07-07

The largest stock OF hne brandies, old
whiskies, choice hqueurs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets
, 1887-07-07

Ladies high laced lawn tennis shoes.
J. +. jenkins.
, 1887-07-07

Jackets and Wraps at Cost Myers
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-10
PERSONAL,

BLONDIE the tight-rope walker. is 60 years
old and lives in London on his money.
GOV. BEAVER. OF Pennsylvania, rides on
railroad pass within the limits of his own
state.
SECRETARY FAIRCHILD lie a consistent and
devoted member OF the Protestant EpiscGpal
Church.
DIR. HOLMES characterizes Westminster
Abbey as great museum OF gigantic fune-
raj bric-a brac."
OSCAR WILDE pronounces the rumor that
his mother is now in want the false inyentIon
Of malicious scribe.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is said to have in
contemplation visit TO Postmaster GaneraI
Was home in Wisconsin.
WILLIAM DEAN HowELLs was the partner
of john j. Piatt in Poems Of Two Frlends1
published many years ago.
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER. the Standard on
millionaire. lives over two miles away from
his othce, and always walks both WAYS rain
or shine.
QUEEN RANAYLONNA III. of Madagascar. ia
brave young woman, only Is wears of age
and Is said To be slncere Christian. AbOut
100000 OF her people also profess the Christian
religion.
THE venerable Capt. Bassett who was an
pointed page It the request Of Daulel Web
ster. and who has been IN the employ Of The
United states Sen"ie for nearly tlfty years IA
busy az bAcsSnt IN NTltlnk nls "reminiscences.
Col. w. c. BEECHER denies that his father
the late Henry Ward Beecher. wrote Inc
poem: IF | Should Die Tonight" which
appeared in Hagkard's novel. jess" Col
Bcecher does not believe that his father ever
wrote a line OF poetry.
SAYS the Philadelphia Record: "Mrs
Harriet Beecher Stowe came North from
Florida on Friday" This is in no way true
Mrs, Stoves health is SO delicate that a
Journey to Florida would be an I'M possibility.
she Is living quiet aud secluded life In
Hartford, Conn.
1T is not generally known that T. V. Pow
derry, head OF the knights or Labor, recently
came very near joining the newspaper pro-
fessiun. Just before the Richmond conyep-
ton attention was called To the fact that \! 500
WAS very small salary for such an organtza-
Ton as cue hnIghts OF Labor To pay such
man ~ fO~derlt. just AT that time n syndi-
Gaze % prominent Western paners offered INN
the position Of European cOrrospoDdent AT a
salary of $4,000. The temptation to accent
wAs OF course great but after reflection Pow
ueTiy declined the ohcr. lie Is now receiving
$1,000 from Tie Knights.
AN old-time Washington barseeper gives
some interesting facts. .Hesays Ihat stanton
could stand more liquor'w lthout showing the
effects than any one he ever saw, Lincoln
hkeu mlld whisky punch. with plenty of
SUGAR. seward drank clAret. johnson was
tonu Of Tennessee whisky. Have. likes
whisky, but drank iiLte whom IN the w hite
House, ~ Columbus "ltuthcriord used tn be-
Que Of TIE b1Y..' Garfield could stand almost
a. mueh sliIuulant as stanton Arthur'a
drink WAS brandy aud sofia. There's oulv
one te3spta.lcr ia the present Cabilot, nnd
lbal l7 hhtHnl. Whiiuey's liquor hIl's are
very lAIFo, OWING 10 his liberia hospitality.
Alpsothnr tnefo b. NOT half A. much ~
room ~ iutiuE at the capital as there wa
thlAI3 ears As0,